Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-04-05

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DIsouyEREp. - "fRoN PovIRrr TO
FAaE."-OruER OxToRD COUNTY
HoRsE NorEs.
Nearly all the prominent families Of
uo,isrs. and many Of the mos, suecessfrl
individual members Of those families.
have a, some time during their existence
been "under cloud" and have been isnor.
cd. denounced ss failures. and 'iigma,irsd
With opprobriou. terms in all the variety
which blind prejudice can invent. Some
Of the mos, successful tro,ting sire. and
founder. Of fsmilis. were not appreciated
until too late to make the best use Of
their power. and render them the homage
which they were entitled 10 receive.
Old Abd.llah. the sire Of the renowned
Rydyk. Hamble,onian. was sold In bis
old age 10 h'h peddler on Long Island.
Who hsrnss,ed him TO hi. fish car, for
the purpose Of retailing the ''deniIens OF
the deep" from house to house. a menial
position which the old stallion did no,
sppeAr 20 relish. q. he "re,Ailed' h'h by
ls,iins hi. heel. Ay. smashing the old
cart into a thousand pieces and sending
the clans and hsddock. flying through
the aif in a manner more diverhed than
elsg.n,. The purveyor Of fish then turn.
ed Tin loose. 10 "roo, hog OF die upon
the sandy banens Of Long leland. and this
grand old horse. ,hi. sire Of the founder
Of the creates, tro,,ing family on the face
Of The earth. actually died Of starvation.
wil,on'. blue Bell. ,ire Of hf,y ,ro,ler.
add four PAGERS In the 2'3O list, va.
though, bu, little Of during the fits, Of
bic career. lie va. used for some time
in the mos, menlal positions iha, = tore
could be placed.
Haroli. the sire Of Maud s.. was re-
.arded a. failure for several year. before
he va. taken TO Kentucky. bu, after he
va. bred 10 the right class Of mares, he
proved himself sire Of uo;ier.
Winthrop Mouill. one Of the most
successful speed producers ever owned IN
M.ine. va. traded around from one TO
another for low price until quite well
aloas Ia yeAr'. before bis merit was dis
covered.
/, vas 70, msny years ago that The
Clay, aud their defendants. The Pat
chsn.. were very unpopular. and Il vas
though, 10 be mark Of smsrine's IN the
Gvsrase horsmAn TO abuse and make fun
Of them with false accusations, but II
Va. fnAlly noticed ,hA, George Wilkes
Elsc,ioneer. and other. whose dams were
ClAy.. wsrs ou,',ripping nearly all com.
petition. in producing grsa, iro,'sr. and
Jack Sprs,,. 2:96l Ssrs.fef. 2:2st.
Carrie T.. 2.2pi. fore', Pa,ehen. 2'99t'
demonstrated that even Tom Paiehsn
could be the prOseniior Of few ,ro,iei'.
Ten OF twelve years ago Il WAS fash.
ionable for some % proclaim ,ha, the
Knapp, we're cutters. and the Mo'gst',
Who had a. one time been accorded the
hishe., position occupied by any family
came to be talked Of as Of no aecoun, a.
,ro,,er.. and were considered Of little
value in ,hi. direction.
lime s..kosn that the Knoxe. are not
al qui,,sr.. and iha, IA, ,roiisr' ATE IL
able to crop oa, a, any time from among
the different, familis. OF Morssts. aud
,ha, veil bred mare. Of Morgin descent
make the be., OF bro9d mArs.
One extreme lead, 10 another. and no"
,ha, the Morgan. are having something
Of boom. the friend. aad Owner, OF
Morgan stallion. in Maine. are trying to
.iill further advance their popularity by
undertaking the merit. Of certain other
strains, especially the Hamblsionian'
H. seem, that because some Of the young
stallion. Of this blood Who have stood
here i've OF ,iS years, have not produced
phenomenal performer. by the hundred
ADD because some Of the races q, the
State Fair are no, won by Hambls,on-
ian.,-when in fact the entries showed
but one Of ihi, 10 ten Of other breeds con-
tending.-,hat however successful they
may be in other States, in Maine they
are failures. Just as though an imsgin.
Ary boundary line between States could
change the comparative speed producing
powers Of two different, families Of horses.
Among the HambleioniAns especially
pronounced failure. a. sires are Prescott.
Redwood. Constellation. Glenarm. and
Robert Bonner. Jr. Now Constellation
ha. got one colt with record inside Of
2:25; two fast ihrte.yeAr.old eolis.-
Gallant, $50. and I.ouyi'ka. ?;5l}.
with bu, little training one with wax.
on record Of 2:i9. five or six with trials
inside Of 2:3O.-and nearly all his colt.
can. 90 far as known. show three min
ute gait or better.
OF the other .,.llion. mentioned, which
are all younger than Constellation with
the exception Of Rober, Bonner, Jr, II
/, true they have no, produced any od'
spring as We, that have made very fas,
records. but We would respectfully ask
our friend. to rise and tell Us, before
making any more talk about ,hsm.-
where and what stations within the
borders Of the Pine Tree State. no older
than these. count among their offspring
any more "Msud SIS" and "Jay.Eye-
Sees" than can these. II fthese are failures.
name your successful ones Even should
you find one or two. like Hsrbinger. or
Young Rolfe. (nsi,hsr Of which are Nor.
gan.) they DO 10, prove the s,allion'
mentioned TO have been failures. We
know ell sbou, DR.. Franklin. Pilot Knox.
etc. both great sires,-but they are well
along in their "ieens". When you un.
dsitske to tell US Of some Of the wonder.
ful uo,,ing sires Of Maine. !, will not do
TO Judge them after the manner that
many Of US compare the relative merits
Of different stations. For instance q
man whose interest IL in q certain stallion
owned in his immediate locality. sees all
Of his colts. sad sees many Of them that
can show from three minute TO . two.
forty gait, and be counts them trotiers,
and rsekons them to the credit OF their slses
Is 20 many fac, ones. while rival stallion,
standing thirty or forty miles away.
whose stock IL scattered ell over the